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Do Poles really blame Britain for Poland becoming Communist after the war? [104]
They blame themselves for being over-run because they did not prepare.
What a contributing comment of a person whose knowledge about Poland`s II ww participation is null .
Poland started miltary preparations when the NSDAP came to power and Hitler became powerful . It was obvious that the first country to conquer will be Poland, after just reading few chapters of Mein Kampf . But even if Poland had put as much money as Germany for preparations it would have failed only by the one fact that Germany was twice as much populated as Poland .Not to mention that it was the strongest country in Europe military and economically .
Let me give you a link to read about Polish - British relations in a very shortened form .
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_migration_to_the_United_Kingdom
During the debate, 25 MPs risked their careers to draft an amendment protesting against the UK's tacit acceptance of Poland's domination by the Soviet Union. These members included: Arthur Greenwood; Sir Archibald Southby, 1st Baronet; Sir Alec Douglas-Home; Commander Sir Archibald Southby, 1st Baronet; James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster and Victor Raikes.[8] After the failure of the amendment, Henry Strauss, 1st Baron Conesford, the Member of Parliament for Norwich, resigned his seat in protest at the British treatment of Poland.[8]
British society , the king and Churchill himself knew very well that UK owed so much to the Polse and thats why - The Polish Resettlement Act was issued .
Poles formed the fourth-largest armed force after the Soviets, the Americans and the combined troops of British Empire.
Poles were the largest group of non-British personnel in the RAF during the Battle of Britain, and the 303 Polish Squadron was the highest-scoring RAF unit in Battle of Britain.Special Operations Executive had a large section of covert, elite Polish troops and close cooperation with the Polish resistance. The Polish Army under British high command were instrumental at the Battle of Monte Cassino, the Battle of the Falaise Gap, the Battle of Arnhem, the Siege of Tobruk and the liberation of many European cities including Bologna and Breda. 